Toninelli, P. A. ed. (2000): “The Rise and Fall of Public Enterprises: The Framework”, en P. A. Toninelli, ed. The Rise and Fall of State-Owned Enterprises in the Western World, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

TOPIC 2. REGULATORY REFORM: PRIVATIZATION.

Bauer, J. M.(2005), “Regulation and state ownership: conflicts and complementarities in EU telecommunications” Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 76, 2, 151-177.

Hefetz, Amir and M. Warner, 2004. "Privatization and Its Reverse: Explaining the Dynamics of the Government Contracting Process," Journal of Public Administration, Research and Theory, 14(2): 171-190. KEY READING

Prosser, Tony (Ed.), (2005) The limits of competition law: markets and public services, Oxford University Press.

Stern, P.A. & David N. Townsend, (2007), New Models for Universal Access to Telecommunications Services in Latin America: Lessons from the past and Recommendations for a New Generation of Universal Access Programs for the 21st Century.

Thatcher, M. (2000): The Politics of Telecommunications. National institutions, convergences and change in Britain and France, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Ilzkovitz, F., Dierx, A. y Sousa, N. (2008): An analysis of the possible causes of product market malfunctioning in the EU: First results for manufacturing and service sectors, Economic Papers 336, European Commission.

McGuire, A. (2002) Service Charters – Global Convergence or National Divergence? A Comparison of Initiatives in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, Public Management Review. 4: 1 pp 493 – 524.

Clifton, J., Comín, F., & Díaz-Fuentes, D. (2008), “The Rise of the New Public Service Transnationals: European or Global Phenomenon?, in Schröter, H., (ed) In Search of the European Enterprise, Springer. KEY READING.